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Tatar Alphabet & Pronunciation

Tatar is spoken by Tatars mainly located in modern Tatarstan (European Russia), as well as Siberia.

In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Tatar alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

Tatar Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

Cyrillic letter	Latin letter	Name of Cyrillic	IPA
А а	A a	а /a/	/a/
Ә ә	Ä ä	ә /æ/	/æ/
Б б	B b	бэ /be/	/b/
В в	W w, V v	вэ /we/	/w/; /v/
Г г	G g,Ğ ğ	гэ /ɡe/	/ɡ/; /ɣ/
Д д	D d	дэ /de/	/d/
Е е	E e, Ye ye, Yı yı	йе /je/, йы /jɤ/	/je/; /jɤ/; /e/
Ё ё	Yo yo	йо /jo/	/jo/
Ж ж	J j	жэ /ʒe/	/ʒ/
Җ җ	C c	җэ /ʑe/	/ʑ/
З з	Z z	зэ /ze/	/z/
И и	I i	и /i/	/i/
Й й	Y y	кыска и /qɤsˈqɑ ˈi/	/j/
К к	K k, Q q	ка /qɑ/	/k/; /q/
Л л	L l	эль /el/	/l/
М м	M m	эм /em/	/m/
Н н	N n	эн /en/	/n/
Ң ң	Ñ ñ	эң /eŋ/	/ŋ/
О о	O o	о /o/	/o/
Ө ө	Ö ö	ө /ø/	/ø/
П п	P p	пэ /pe/	/p/
Р р	R r	эр /er/	/r/
С с	S s	vэс /es/	/s/
Т т	T t	тэ /te/	/t/
У у	U u, W w	У /u/	/u/; /w/
Ү ү	Ü ü, W w	Ү /y/	/y/; /w/
Ф ф	F f	эф /ef/	/f/
Х х	X x	ха /xa/	/x/
Һ һ	H h	һэ /he/	/h/
Ц ц	Ts ts	цэ /tse/	/t͡s/
Ч ч	Ç ç	чэ /ɕe/	/ɕ/
Ш ш	Ş ş	ша /ʃa/	/ʃ/
Щ щ	Şç şç	ща /ʃɕa/	/ʃɕ/
Ъ ъ	'	калынлык билгесе /qɑlɤnˈlɤq bilɡeˈse/	/ʔ/
Ы ы	ı	ы /ɤ/	/ɤ/
Ь ь	'	нечкәлек билгесе /neɕkæˈlek bilɡeˈse/	/ʔ/
Э э	E e, '	э /e/	/e/; /ʔ/
Ю ю	Yu yu, Yü yü	йу /ju/	/ju/; /jy/
Я я	Ya ya, Yä yä	йа /ja/	/ja/; /jæ/

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